ONSLOW COUNTY MARKET

Onslow County, North Carolina Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Onslow County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Jacksonville, Camp Lejeune and Midway Park. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Onslow County by the Numbers

Onslow County has 342 farms on 53,032 acres (about 155 acres each). Together they sold $251.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce watermelons, squash, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 859 honey bee colonies.

51 farms in Onslow County already sell straight to the public, about $502,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Onslow County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Onslow County counts 982,646 turkeys, 146,056 hogs and 2,505 egg-laying hens.

About 538 people run or help run farms in Onslow County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 33 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Onslow County stands out: it ranks #8 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.